Example sentences of "[noun sg] on charges [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June , Jacqui and Steen went to a party , which was attended by Sally Nash , now on trial at the Old Bailey on charges of controlling prostitutes . |
| 2 | Dubcek urges Communist hardliners to stand down continued from page one possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 3 | Mr Czarnogursky , meanwhile , faces a possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 4 | The decision , which upheld that of the Chamber of Deputies in August [ see p. 38387 ] , was subject to ratification by the Attorney General 's Office , and meant that García could now be tried as an ordinary civilian on charges of " illicit personal enrichment " over 14 years in public office . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , he was discharged at the preliminary inquiry on charges of administering a noxious substance , namely semen , and committing a common nuisance . |
| 6 | An example was a private prosecution brought by Mrs Mary Whitehouse against a National Theatre director on charges of gross indecency in the staging of a play titled The Romans in Britain . |
| 7 | Mr Devaty was sentenced in August to 20 months in jail on charges of incitement connected with the petition . |
| 8 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 9 | She had been found guilty the previous day on charges of conspiracy to kidnap , and as accessory after the fact to assault . |
| 10 | The unrest was sparked off by the arrest of a local policeman on charges of corruption . |
| 11 | TEN City executives and a solicitor were yesterday bailed for a total of £1.1million after appearing at Guildhall magistrates court on charges of conspiracy to defraud in the Blue Arrow rights issue . |
| 12 | October 25 : Gibraltar lawyer James Levy appears in court on charges of conspiracy involving the use of false accounting departments . |
| 13 | Now the driver of the car had been traced and in a few minutes would be appearing at committal proceedings in the Magistrates ' Court on charges of dangerous driving , failing to report an accident , and failing to stop at the scene of an accident . |
| 14 | This afternoon Kevin , his brother Ian and an American business associate appeared in court on charges of fraud involving more than a hundred and thirty five million pounds . |
| 15 | Suspect Ricondall ‘ Rico ’ Wiggins ( 19 ) , appeared in court on charges of armed robbery and first degree murder . |
| 16 | One traveller , Lisa Miller , is due to appear in court on charges of criminal trespass dating back several months . |
| 17 | Four former workers are awaiting trial at Dundee Sheriff Court on charges of breach of the peace arising out of incidents at the factory gates . |
| 18 | But the worst offenders go to court on charges of dangerous driving and they face stiff fines and a possible jail sentence . |
| 19 | The British Medical Journal ( June '90 ) reports that Miss Pauline Bousquet , an Obstetrician who supports natural childbirth at St. Thomas ' Hospital , London has won her 11 year battle to clear her name on charges of professional incompetence brought by male colleagues . |
| 20 | In recent weeks , many opposition politicians had campaigned for guarantees of future immunity from prosecution on charges of corruption . |
| 21 | Triaca 's followed his indictment earlier in the month on charges of abuse of authority and fraud . |
| 22 | It follows the trial of three former Swindon officials last week on charges of defrauding the Inland Revenue . |
| 23 | They had spent two years in custody on charges of treason , murder and kidnapping in connection with the attempted coup in July-August 1990 [ see pp. 37606-07 ; 38239 ] . |
| 24 | After more than a week of evidence , twenty seven year old Daniel Ahearn changed his plea on charges of assault and robbery and attempted extortion . |
| 25 | Sinowatz 's committal on charges of perjury in September 1990 [ see p. 37721 ] , which was upheld in April 1991 [ see p. 38164 ] , had repercussions in Burgenland where premature elections were held in June 1991 [ see p. 38299 ] . |
| 26 | Luo had served nearly two years of a five-year sentence on charges of trying to help Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming to escape from China after the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square . |
| 27 | After the summer 's inquiries , MPs decided to commit Mr Papandreou and a handful of ex-colleagues for trial on charges of ordering telephone tapping and accepting bribes . |
| 28 | In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . |
| 29 | On Dec. 11 , 1989 , by a vote of 178 to 91 , the European Parliament ( EP ) agreed to a request from Pierre Arpaillange , the French Minister of Justice , to allow Le Pen ( who was also an MEP ) to be brought to trial on charges of slandering in September 1988 the French Minister of State for Civil Service and Administrative Reforms , Michel Durafour , in a pun with anti-Jewish overtones [ see p. 36230 ] . |
| 30 | On Oct. 30 Mahmoud Atta , a Palestinian and a US citizen , was extradited from New York to Israel , where he faced trial on charges of taking part in an attack on an Israeli bus in the West Bank in 1986 . |